Government News
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Arkansas has executed three inmates in the past week using a sedative that's been the subject of multiple court challenges since it was first used by Florida in 2013
April 25, 2017 -
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is highlighting the need to help children of military families transition into new schools as their parents are moving from one assignment to the next
April 25, 2017 -
Officials in a Massachusetts city are trying to ban employees from using public funds to fly on United Airlines after a passenger was dragged off a flight in Chicago
April 25, 2017 -
Louisiana senators are moving ahead with a bill to end executions in the state, a rare proposal in a Republican-controlled region that tends to favor capital punishment
April 25, 2017 -
A federal appeals court has agreed to re-examine Ohio's new and twice-rejected lethal injection process as the state struggles to resume executions
April 25, 2017 -
U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is highlighting a need to help children of military families transition to new schools as their parents move from one assignment to the next
April 25, 2017 -
Medical marijuana advocates are playing up support from non-traditional sources to push longshot legislation in Texas
April 25, 2017 -
Dodd-Frank financial rules under fire as Republicans look to roll back regulations
April 25, 2017 -
Jurors in Virginia have failed to reach a verdict in a civil case over a police-involved shooting
April 25, 2017 -
Centrist presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron has launched a political offensive against far-right leader Marine Le Pen, saying her platform is based on the "hatred for others" in contrast to his desire to "calm" the country
April 25, 2017 -
President Donald Trump has long railed about unfair trade practices of China and Mexico
April 25, 2017 -
A gunman who ambushed two Pennsylvania state police troopers at their barracks in 2014 won't take the witness stand to try to persuade jurors to spare his life
April 25, 2017 -
Mayors from several U.S. cities threatened with the loss of federal grants have met with the attorney general but say they remain confused about how to prove their police share the immigration status of people they've arrested, a requirement for the money
April 25, 2017 -
US judge blocks Trump order to cut off funding to cities that limit cooperation with immigration authorities
April 25, 2017